Zen Touch Playlist From Compu

I couldn't find anything on this in the FAQ that was definiti've--so here is my question....is the only way to transfer a playlist from a computer by using Creative Mediasource? I can't get WMP0 to work, nor the new Yahoo Music Engine (which works great in every other respect, by the way).
I would love to have the Janus DRM firmware upgrade promised since last fall, but for now even synchronization capability with WMP0 or Yahoo Music Engine (I think if one works, so does the other) would be fine. I am beginning to wonder whether they are ever going to fix this player. I only bought it because they announced LAST SUMMER that the Touch would support Janus DRM.
Anyhow, my real question at this point involves playlists. I don't like to put them on the player directly, as I like to be able to move the order around,etc. and can't figure out how to do this on the player itself. Besides, I find it far easier to pick out tracks on the computer. Thanks.

MikeM32 wrote:
I couldn't find anything on this in the FAQ that was definiti've--so here is my question....is the only way to transfer a playlist from a computer by using Creative Mediasource? I can't get WMP0 to work, nor the new Yahoo Music Engine (which works great in every other respect, by the way).
It's certainly easier?to create and edit playlists via the PC, using any of the software that can do this e.g. MediaSource, and even easier with the?excellent shareware Notmad Explorer.

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I have a zen touch w/ the updated firmware, and i just updated all the software.. the mediasource suite?
anyhow, I've been using windows media player to sync my zen touch. I just autosynced them on WMP, and it worked just dandy. however, i just downloaded the mediasource suite thing, and none of the playlists that are on my zen touch appear when i look at the zen touch media explorer. is there any way to access them?
The reason why this matters to me is because i'd like to be able to transfer songs from my zen touch to another comp some time and the zen touch media explorer has that feature. and it'd be infinitely easier to do it via playlist than song by song. especially since windows media player organized all the songs into separate folders by artist.
I did look for this question on the forums before i posted, but i didn't see a clear answer.Message Edited by erink02 on -28-2005 0:22 AM

The playlists appear correctly on the player right? If so then this could be a problem with Zen Media Explorer itself, not sure of a fix hopefully someone does.
As for getting songs off your player in that structure (Artist\Album\song_title.mp3) then you can use Windows Explorer/My Computer. Open that up and you should see your player listed, you can then highlight, copy, and paste it onto your computer. Playlists are not recognized in Windows Explorer so you will have a problem with that.

Zen Touch Playlist Prob

I JUST got my Touch today, so I am still new to it all. I have updated the Dri'ves, the Firmware to the latest(2.) and the MediaSource to 3.30 with the newest plugins. Now, I am trying to create some play list. I create one that is of a CD, and it transfered the files over nicely. BTW, I am doing this in MediaSource. Then, I went to create a new play list. The one was a mix of about 64 songs, and contianed a few from the CD I had already made. When it transfered over the song to the player, it did not add the songs from the CD already on the player into the play list. So, how do I had a song to a playlist if it is already on the Zen, in another play list, and in another folder? Dragin and droping dose not work, becuase it tries to upload the file. I just want to add the songs back into the play list.

Well, I figure it out. If I try to add a file to a play list, off of the computer hard dri've, it will try to add it AND upload. If it is already on the Zen Touch, it will not upload or add to the play list. So, I had to had the song to the play list by draging it from the Zen Touch, not the computer. That would be something nice to have fixed on the MediaSource software. If you try to add a song to a play list and it is already loaded onthe MP3 player, add it to the play list, not fail to upload and not add.

Creative Zen touch Playlist Problem - H

I've had problems with the software on my creative zen touch 20gb since i've had it. All i want to do is learn to creat a playlist of all my favourite tracks. Because of the software problems i've had (and i've tried everything to fix it) the only program it will let me use to synch files is Windows Media Player. I've read all the instructions about how to create a playlist but none of them apply to windows media player. Does anyone know how to create a playlist using the media player. the version i have of the zen touch is 2..0.

Yeah it synch's ok. I can transfer music over no problem, but the difficulty comes in creating a playlist. Say for arguments sake i had 0 albums on my mp3 player. I might want to take individual tracks from each album and put them into a playlist. I cant seem to do that with windows media player.

Problem with Zen Touch Playlists Resol

With the help of Jean-Francois, a colleague of my husband's, I figured out the problem I was having with putting playlists on my Zen Touch MP3 player in the order in which I wanted them to play, and it's a simple solution but one I thought I'd pass on to others in case anyone else runs into this problem:
Simply put, when you make playlists, have your MP3 player docked with your computer, and make sure that in the MediaSource Organizer program, the player is highlighted (well, it's a gray bar) when you start making the playlist. Then start with "new playlist," give it a name and enter the songs you want in the order you want as usual. What you're doing is actually building the playlist in the player rather than in the MediaSource Organizer, and the playlist will be created as you want it to be.
If, like me, you then want to transfer the playlist to your computer program, you'll find that it will turn up on the 'puter in alphabetical order (the problem I was having with the Zen Touch player); but it's a simple matter to click'n'drag the songs around until they're in the order you want - and, as far as I can tell, they will stay in that order once you've moved them.
So, problem solved - would have been nice if the User's Guide specifically said "you must dock your Zen Touch player to the computer while making playlists if you want the playlist to be in the proper order on your player," but we figured it out.....

lang_mui85 wrote:
Ok, so i plugged my zen touch into my pc yesterday to transfer files (rmvb) to my lappy, but it wouldn't work. so i updated all the software and now the pc recognizes the zen, but the programs (nomad, organizer) won't recognize it. so i used my laptop and it works fine except that it still won't transfer rmvb files. oh, it used to be able to transfer my rmvb files before this. i'm using windows xp. so i'm assuming that this is not a problem with my lappy or my pc... and it's a problem with the actual mp3. oh by the way, besides trying to fix the rmvb file transfer,
Data files are often a problem with the player. It sounds like you've tried pretty much everything you can short of a disk cleanup from rescue mode.
Failing this you could try formatting the player in case something has become corrupted. Of course make sure to backup the player first.
Also there's lots of advice via the "PC connection problems with your player" link in the FAQ post.

Zen Touch Playlist Quer

Hi
Im just about to think about playing with playlists on my Zen Touch 20GB, couple of things though please...
Firstly, do playlists take up much space on your players hard disk at all? Also does the space it takes up differ greatly between a playlist with 0 tracks and a playlist with 9000 tracks?
Secondly, is there a limit to the number of tracks you can have in a single playlist?
Lastly, is there a limit to the number of playlists you can store on your player?
Ooo, also lastly, Is it better to make the playlist in Mediasource and then copy it across or just do it on the player?
Thanks a load folks
Alex ( BobSpoons )

BobSpoons wrote:
Firstly, do playlists take up much space on your players hard disk at all? Also does the space it takes up differ greatly between a playlist with 0 tracks and a playlist with 9000 tracks?
Certainly nothing significant, don't worry about it.
Secondly, is there a limit to the number of tracks you can have in a single playlist?
I believe there is, but it's pretty vast and very rare to encounter.
Lastly, is there a limit to the number of playlists you can store on your player?
Again I believe there is and it's one of those classic powers of 2 e.g. 256. Again, more than enough for normal use.
Ooo, also lastly, Is it better to make the playlist in Mediasource and then copy it across or just do it on the player?
Personally I ALWAYS use the software, just comes down to personal preference though.

Export ZEN TOUCH playlist to I

Help!?I have a Zen Touch and my wife just got an iPod (not my choice!)? Naturally, we are sharing music - she uses iTunes and I use Media Source. I cannot figure out how to share playlists. As I understand it, the Zen playlists are zpl files - and there doesn't seem to be a way to?export to ?m3u playlists - or any playlist iTunes will recognize. Anyone have any ideas on how I can export my playlists to my wife's ipod?Thanks!?CMV

I would suggest you make playlists directly on your Touch, unless there's a good reason not to.

Creative Zen Touch - Sounds from inside case and firmwear not reload

the story:
I was sitting in my room when suddenly in the middle of a song, the music stoped, i go over to check. Nothing works, so i get a paperclip and reset it. After reset, it stays on Creative logo for 5 mins. While inside the case a sound like a motor going on, off and then a static kind of noise. I restart a third time and i get recovery screen. I do cleanup. then reboot. Then format, reboot, then firmwear deletion, reboot.
I head on over to the website and read FAQ's and such. I attempt to put the newly downloaded firmwear onto my Zen Touch. I click the file, it starts the instalation process and then says "An application is interfering with the flash program (e.g Creative file Manager)....." I would like to add, i've tried rebooting my computer, and i've turned off every single thing except for the instalation browser.
What should i do?
Message Edited by chris23 on 08-5-2006 06:49 AM

I think your hard dri've has crashed. If the player itself is making a loud noise like that it's most likely the hard dri've. I'm not sure if reloading the firmware would solve this problem.

Not able to Remove the ZEN 20GB Safely from compu

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When i connect my Zen 20Gb to my comp win xp sp2, it gets detected and i am able to get a new icon under removable dri've and am able to save data's in the Zen's dri've but when i want to disconnect it from the comp, i right click on the usb icon on system tray and click on safely remove the device, i select usb mass storage ZEN ( F: ) and click on stop, now it comes with an error msg that some application is still in use, i am sure i have closed all application and none are running, it happened y'dsday also, and i get the icon on the zen which says do not disconnect, finally i have to shut down the pc to remove the device why so, what could be the reason

It's important to shut down every program at least. There are tasks like Explorer though that shouldn't be shutdown ideally, and of course Explorer is one of those programs that might well have its hooks into the player. Again though, as long as you're not actually using it then you can most likely disconnect safely.
If the worst comes to the worst then just shut down the PC. You know it's not using it then!

Zen touch has fro

Hey all,
I hope someone can help.
My zen touch (20gb) player froze whilst turning off, i let it sit but eventually had to reset it to get it to go off, since then i havent been able to turn it back on and it wont charge, the blue charge indicating light doesnt appear and when i plug it in all i get is the creative logo and the copyright info, i've tried the reboot advice on creatives web page, but that desnt work either!!!
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Iain

My zen touch freezes from time to time, done all the usual things without any improvement. But today discovered that it freezes when used near some electrical equipment for example my wife old treadmill which uses an ac motor, its ok with the new treadmill with a dc motor. So it appears that the zen touch suffers from electrical interference, generally this is in the rf range (radio frequency). I hope this helps many users as it was driving me crazy and it appears it's a huge problem with many people.

Lost Zen Touch Firmw

I followed the procedure to update my 20gb Zen Touch Firmware from version .0.03 to the latest PlayForSure version exactly as given in the update details. The software locked up during the procedure so now I appear to have no firmware at all on the Zen and the PC reports that the Zen is not connected. How on earth do I recover the situation?

....but I can't load any firmware - firmware upgrade says that player is not connected. I've found similar problem in here, but for now this method can't fix that problem with my player.
http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=dap&message.id=32309&query.id=369 95#M32309

Zen Touch Hard Disc problem (after repai

I just recently got my zen touch back from warentee repair were I beli've it was referbished.
However, within 2-3 weeks from getting it back its already acting up again
songs will jump or play another song alltogether for a couple secounds during play.
Also in the last hour I can hear the hard disc scratching on the inside and i tried disc cleanup but found that it wont even go past the menue when I turn it on.
Any tips?

Contact support and get it replaced.

HELP! MY ZEN TOUCH HAS FRO

i've tryed resetting it and it still stays frozen , what can i do?

My zen touch freezes from time to time, done all the usual things without any improvement. But today discovered that it freezes when used near some electrical equipment for example my wife old treadmill which uses an ac motor, its ok with the new treadmill with a dc motor. So it appears that the zen touch suffers from electrical interference, generally this is in the rf range (radio frequency). I hope this helps many users as it was driving me crazy and it appears it's a huge problem with many people.

Zen Touch "total free

Hi all,
Seems that many people here have freezing probs, but I haven't seen a problem like mine. So here's my story: I plugged de Zen Touch in my pc. MediaSource Organizer recognized it. Ok, so far. Then I transferred some MP3's. Well, the transfer freezed. The computer didn't recognize my Zen Touch anymore. Then I plugged out the cable from the Zen Touch and from this moment the Zen Touch didn't respond at any pressed buttons or the Touchpad. Resetting didn't work and even in "Recovery-Mode" I could't select any option shown in the Recovery menu. What happened? What should I do? It is really broken? I already contacted Creative's Customers Support. I wonder what they'll say about this. Maybe you also know more to help me.
Thx.
EaGLe.

Sounds like the mainboard has failed in some way. Is the player new?
If you can't access the Rescue Mode functions then the player is faulty and you'll need to return it for a replacment where you bought it, or contact Creative Support.

My Zen Touch is stuck in recovery m

Hi?My Zen Touch is stuck in Recovery mode, it's deleted it's firmware and can't seem to load anymore. The PC knows it's connecting, because it opens Media Player 0, but Media Player says it's not connected. Creative's advice was to: - . Uninstall all Creative software & drivers
2. If you have Windows Media Player installed then uninstall both it
and Windows Media Player runtime (will require a reboot for each
process). This is done by going to the Add/Remove programs and
uninstalling (This will put your PC back to WMP0).
3. Re-install the Zen Touch drivers from the Creative website and reboot
4. Plug the Zen Touch in.
5. Make sure you have the firmware update ready, run it but do not click
on the language bit yet, leave the mouse hovering over your language
selection.
6. On the Zen Touch's Rescue Mode, select "Reload OS"?
7. As soon as it flashes up "Reload new firmware now via USB" click the
language button
8. The PC should find it and allow you to re-load the firmware. (This
may take a few attempts)
9. Once complete, click close and restart the PC. Everything should now
be fine.
0. Once you are happy you can re-install WMP and it will work fine.
If the following steps doesn't work, do try the steps on another
computer if possible.
It didn't /doesn't work. Can anybody tell me how to recover the **bleep** thing?Latest advice from Creative? Buy a new one!!!

Sounds like the hard dri've heads are jammed. Do you get a faint clicking followed by the recovery menu on bootup?
You can try the advice here, at your own risk.

Zen Touch Playlist From Compu

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